Stephen Quay Movies

  • 1986
    Street of Crocodiles

    Street of Crocodiles

    Street of Crocodiles

    6.51986HD

    A puppet, newly released from his strings, explores the sinister room in which he finds himself.

    Street of Crocodiles
  • 1980
    The Falls

    The Falls

    The Falls

    7.21980HD

    The exploration of the effects of an unexpected catastrophe, known as VUE (violent unknown event) through the bios of 92 survivors.

    The Falls
  • 2015
    Quay

    Quay

    Quay

    6.0172015HD

    In 2015, Christopher Nolan curated a selection of short films by the surrealist animators the Quay Brothers to be distributed as a touring 35mm...

    Quay
  • 1984
    The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer

    The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer

    The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer

    6.81984HD

    In Prague, a professorial puppet, with metal pincers for hands and an open book for a hat, takes a boy as a pupil. First, the professor empties fluff...

    The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer
  • 1993
    Anamorphosis

    Anamorphosis

    Anamorphosis

    6.51993HD

    The Quays' interest in esoteric illusions finds its perfect realization in this fascinating animated lecture on the art of anamorphosis. This...

    Anamorphosis
  • 2005
    The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes

    The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes

    The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes

    6.12005HD

    Dark fairytale about a demonic doctor who abducts a beautiful opera singer with designs on transforming her into a mechanical nightingale.

    The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes
  • 1987
    Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies

    Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies

    Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies

    6.61987HD

    Stop-motion animated short film in which, among other things, a man made of wire looks malevolent.

    Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies
  • 1995
    Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life

    Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life

    Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life

    7.71995HD

    Jakob arrives at the Institute Benjamenta (run by brother and sister Johannes and Lisa Benjamenta) to learn to become a servant. With seven other...

    Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life
  • 2024
    Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass

    Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass

    Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass

    72024HD

    A man journeys by rail to a nameless sanatorium where his father has recently died. Once there, time loses its linearity and he finds himself in a...

    Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass
  • 1985
    This Unnameable Little Broom

    This Unnameable Little Broom

    This Unnameable Little Broom

    6.11985HD

    Stop-motion animated short film in which a puppet on a trike captures a puppet bird-man.

    This Unnameable Little Broom
  • 1982
    Igor Stravinsky: The Paris Years Chez Pleyel 1920-1929

    Igor Stravinsky: The Paris Years Chez Pleyel 1920-1929

    Igor Stravinsky: The Paris Years Chez Pleyel 1920-1929

    61982HD

    Igor: The Paris Years, one segment of a larger biographical program created for Channel 4 on the life and times of Igor Stravinsky, finds the...

    Igor Stravinsky: The Paris Years Chez Pleyel 1920-1929
  • 2003
    Songs for Dead Children

    Songs for Dead Children

    Songs for Dead Children

    52003HD

    Another short, grainy film from the Quay Brothers. This one has funny singing in it.

    Songs for Dead Children
  • 2000
    In Absentia

    In Absentia

    In Absentia

    6.32000HD

    A woman sits alone on a chair at a table in a room on one of the top floors of an asylum. Bright spot lights dot the night, sometimes shining on her...

    In Absentia
  • 2011
    Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum)

    Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum)

    Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum)

    6.32011HD

    A documentary on the subject of the collections of books, instruments and medical anomalies at The College of Physicians of Philadelphia and the...

    Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum)
  • 1988
    Stille Nacht I: Dramolet

    Stille Nacht I: Dramolet

    Stille Nacht I: Dramolet

    6.31988HD

    A magnet moves on a floor. A moth beats against a window. A doll child watches the magnet; threads of metal filings gather around the magnet.

    Stille Nacht I: Dramolet
  • 2003
    The Phantom Museum: Random Forays Into the Vaults of Sir Henry Wellcome's Medical Collection

    The Phantom Museum: Random Forays Into the Vaults of Sir Henry Wellcome's Medical Collection

    The Phantom Museum: Random Forays Into the Vaults of Sir Henry Wellcome's Medical Collection

    6.12003HD

    A display at the strange and wonderful artifacts in a collection of medical curiosities.

    The Phantom Museum: Random Forays Into the Vaults of Sir Henry Wellcome's Medical Collection
  • 1979
    Nocturna Artificialia

    Nocturna Artificialia

    Nocturna Artificialia

    5.81979HD

    Enigmatic, stop-motion, animated story of a man's day.

    Nocturna Artificialia
  • 1984
    The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer: Prague's Alchemist of Film

    The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer: Prague's Alchemist of Film

    The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer: Prague's Alchemist of Film

    61984HD

    The original 54-minute documentary, as broadcast by Channel Four on 20 June 1984, after which the animated links by the Quay Brothers were recompiled...

    The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer: Prague's Alchemist of Film
  • 2006
    The Making of

    The Making of "The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes"

    The Making of "The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes"

    02006HD

    An Interview with The Quay Brothers & Alan Passes April 2006 at Atelier Konick, London

    The Making of
  • 1991
    The Comb

    The Comb

    The Comb

    6.71991HD

    A porcelain doll’s explorations of a dreamer’s imagination.

    The Comb